Vehicle-curtain fastener



8 A. MOORE. VEHICLE CURTAINVFASTENER.

APTPLYCATION FILED FEB. 4. 1920.

1,354,50 Patented Oct.\5,1920.

8mm 56m JZoara ROBERT ALEXANDER MOORE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

VEHICLE-CURTAIN" FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed February 4, 1920. Serial No. 356,356.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has to do with improvements in vehicle curtain fasteners or buttons, the object in view being to provide a simple arrangement for holding the rotatable head in its different positions of adjustment. 7

A further object in view is to provide a construction of button which may be operated from the inside as well as the outside.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed.-

Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the stationary part of a button constructed in accordance with this invention, the stern of the button being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the fastener head.

Fig. 3 is a View partly in section and partly in elevation of a double headed fastener. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the form of button which is designed to be attached to the body of the vehicle, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevation and bottom plan views respectively of a modified form of the invention.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the stationary part of the fastener, the base of which consists of a relatively large flat plate 2 from which extend integral bending prongs 3 for attachment of the fastener to a curtain or like object. These prongs as customary are passed through the curtain material designated 4 in Fig. 3 and bent over the edge of a reinforcing plate 5. This method of attachment is conventional. The top face of the part 2 has attached thereto preferably two springs, 6, 6, one end of each of which tightly fits into a suitable recess, while the other end projects slightly fromthe surface. The rotatable head or button 7 seats upon this surface of the stationary part and is held thereagainst by a stem 8. It should perhaps be stated here that this head in the form of the fastener shown in Fig. 3 is fixed to the stem and the latter passes loosely through the stationary part and through a corresponding opposite or inner head 9, also fixed with respect to the stem so that when one of the heads is turned the other is rotated in like manner, thus enabling the operation from either side of the curtain. The head 7 is held at adjusted position by the frictional engagement of the ends of the springs 6, 6, with the contiguous face of the head, which is preferably formed with a series of notches or recesses 7 into and out of which the ends of the springs ride and thereby tend to hold the head against movement or at adjusted positions.

The fastener shown in Fig. 4 is for the purpose of attachment to a side or body of the vehicle, whereas that form of the device shown in F 3 is designed to be mounted upon the curtain itself to connect the adjacent edges of a pair of curtains together. The stationary part l in Fig. 4 is therefore provided with a screw or bolt 10 the head of which is'fixed in the body, a nut being employed to attach the fastener in place. A wood screw may be substituted for the screw bolt 10 if so desired within the terms of this invention. The stem 8 is integral with the body 1 and is formed with a beveled head extremity 11. The head 7 corresponds to the head hereinbefore described, but is loosely mounted on the stem and is acted upon by the springs interposed between it and the body, the springs tending to hold it against the beveled head aforesaid which thus acts in the nature of a friction clutch.

Passing to the form of device shown in Fig. 5, I contemplate a modification in which the body 2 is formed with a restricted neck 12 upon which is mounted the rotatable head 7 said head being fixed to the stem 8 which passes through the body 2* and has attached thereto a friction member or spring 6 provided or formed with radial arms which tend to frictionally seat against the under surface of the part 2. The latter may be provided with recesses 7 to re v ceive protuberances 7 on the ends of the arms of the spring 6 for the purpose holding the head at any particular adjusted position. This form may be attached to a curtain as hereinbefore described, suitable prongs 3? being provided for this pur- 1. A fastener comprising pose.

by, and resilient means intermediate the contiguous "surfaces of the stationary part and 'head'and tending to. frictionally retard movements of'the latter. i

. 2.A fastener comprising a stationary part adaptedto be attached to an object of support, a rotatable head, a spring mounted on one of said parts and frictionally en gaging With the other'to retard movement of the head,'an'd a stem connecting the head to the stationary part.

8. A vehicle curtain fastener comprising a rotatable head having means for connecting it to one side of a curtain or other support, and meansfor operating the head from the other side of the curtain.

i. A fastener comprising a stationary part adapted. to be attachedeto an object of support, a rotatable head at opposite sides of the stationary part, and means fixedly con: necting the two heads for rotation together; 5.. A vehicle curtain fastener comprising a stationary part having means for attachment to a curtain or the like at one side, a rotatable head mounted thereon, a second head arranged at the opposite side of the curtain, a stem connecting: the two heads together, and spring means "intermediate the stationary part and one of the heads. ate-re said for retaining the head at adjusted positions.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT ALEX NDER MOORE. 

